Wheeler’s stats at the Triple-A level are remarkably similar to Matt Harvey’s, who is slated to start the day portion of Tuesday’s twin bill. Here are Wheeler’s stats in his 19 combined Triple-A outings for Buffalo in 2012 and for Las Vegas this season, and Harvey’s 20 starts prior to his call-up last season:

15 pitchers in the Mets’ history have gone at least five innings, allowed five hits or fewer and two runs or less in their major-league debuts as a starter, including a pair of Wheeler’s new teammates:

Date Mets Pitcher Dec. IP H R ER BB K

8/23/12 — Collin McHugh vs COL: ND 7 2 0 0 1 9

7/26/12 — Matt Harvey at ARZ: W 5.1 3 0 0 3 11

9/7/10 — Dillon Gee at WAS: W 7 2 1 1 3 4

4/9/04 — Tyler Yates at MTL: ND 6 5 0 0 0 4

4/5/98 — Masato Yoshii at PIT: W 7 3 0 0 1 7

7/17/95 — J. Isringhausen at CHI: ND 7 2 2 2 2 6

9/24/88 — David West at STL: W 5 5 1 1 2 3

6/9/86 — Rick Anderson vs PHI: ND 7 4 1 0 2 5

4/7/84 — Dwight Gooden at HOU: W 5 3 1 1 2 5

9/6/83 — Ron Darling vs PHI: L 6.1 5 1 1 1 6

5/20/81 — Greg Harris at SF: ND 6 4 2 2 2 5

9/16/74 — Randy Sterling at MTL:ND 5.2 2 2 2 3 2

7/31/72 — Brent Strom vs MTL: W 6.2 2 2 1 4 7

4/16/67 — Bill Denehy at PHI: L 6.1 3 2 2 6 8

6/10/66 — Dick Rusteck vs CIN: W 9 4 0 0 1 4

(Thanks to the Pitching Game Finder on baseball-reference.com for compiling this list.)

It was also the 24th three-run, game-ending homer in the Mets’ history. The last player to hit a three-run, walk-off home run for the Mets was Cliff Floyd, who did it against the Angels’ Brendan Donnelly to give New York a 5-3, 10-inning win on June 11, 2005 at Shea Stadium.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last three times that the Mets have overcome a deficit of three or more runs in the ninth inning or later to win a home game have been against the Cubs (September 25, 2004 and May 17, 2007).

Latroy Hawkins’ next appearance will be the 900th of his major-league career, tying him for 23rd all-time. Five of the top 17 pitchers who have the most career appearances were at one time members of the Mets, including the current top three:

Happy Recap: Walk-Off Wins — Sunday’s victory vs. the Cubs was the Mets’ sixth walk-off win of the season. The Mets have just 14 home wins total so far in 2013.

Nine Miles of Rough Road: Tough Month — Coming into Sunday’s game, the Mets had gone 8-16 dating back to May 18. The Mets went 4-0 against the Yankees, but just 4-16 vs. all other opponents (the Cubs, Reds, Braves, Marlins, Nationals and Cardinals) during the 24-game stretch.